Don't disagree with anything you have said. Regards KarenOn 8 Nov 2016 9:28 am, Ian Flanders <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hi, for what its worth I think that specific leave would provide the greatest dis-service to working women for many many years.
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> Before I get shot down for being a man, I do appreciate that some women suffer terribly each cycle. I feel this should be treated as with any other reason for absence - IBS, Migraine etc. If someone is affected so badly there should be medical evidence to back this up, the company can make a decision on reasonable adjustment dependent on the role, size of the organisation etc.
> Specific menstrual leave would be open to abuse and leave some people 'untouchable' regarding management, giving women as a group with a negative stigma, they could feasibly be seen as troublesome employees and be overlooked in preference of a male applicant.
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> To any who do suffer and have soldiered on for years, as a grateful male, my hat is doffed to you.
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> Best Wishes,
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> Ian
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